Twenty-three Michigan residents were charged in connection with two fraud schemes involving Medicare, totaling more than $61.5 million.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department unveiled charges for 13 of the 23 people, which included healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. through payment and receipt of illegal healthcare kickbacks, money laundering, receipt of illegal healthcare kickbacks, and payment of illegal healthcare kickbacks.
Federal court documents show Walid Jamil, 62, and Jalal Jamil, 69, of Oakland County, owned and operated multiple home health agencies in Metro Detroit, submitting about $50 million in fake home healthcare claims.
They allegedly bribed other co-conspirators to recruit patients who did not need home healthcare or qualified for it. They also entered quid pro quo relationships with physician clinics to obtain information to fraudulently bill Medicare, receiving $43 million.
Source: 23 Michigan residents charged in $61.5 million Medicare fraud schemes / CBS Detroit